Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1887-10-22
THE RETURN TRIP.
iBK PRESIDENTIAL PARTY on THEIR
H0MEwARD RUE.
Cheers for Mrs. Cleveland and the Presi-
dtnt"-Ihe Ascent Of the Allsghanies
end Run Through North Carolina.
ny telegraph to the Disp,tch.l

TTCUMsEH, ALA, October 21.-At
Calera, a junction point in Alabama
where the train stopped to change en-
glnes, three or four thousand persons
were assembled, and among them five
hundred workmen from Birmingham.
who bad come on 4 special train with
cars p0yly decorated. Here three cheers
were given for Mrs. Cleveland and the
Ire sident Mrs. Cleveland remarked
soffo rOc', "Ihey have got the wrong
end fist but the President Thought
the people knew what they were about.
Up AND ALONG THE ALLEGHANIEs.
AsHEyHLE. n. G., October 2l.-
This mornings run Of the Presidents
special tram between sunrise and late
breakfast took in the nsc ent Of the great
Smoky spur Of the Alleghanies, lying
for fifty miles or more beside French
Broad river. Not all the tourists were
up, and the lagPards missed a panorama
whose varied charms ere nowhere sur
passed.
At Hot Springs Senators Ransom and
Vance and Congressman Henderson
boarded the train and accompanied the
PRECEDENT to Ashcvile. About & o'clock
the watches of the party, which were
set back three weeks ago mt Pittsburgh,
were advanced from central to eastern
time.
BEAUTIES or SORTH CAROLINA SCENERY.
MoBCaNToN, y. c.. October %
during the descent OF the mountlin
along the banks of Mill creek. the head
waters OF the Catawba, the entire party,
including the wife and daughter Of
Senator R.nsom, who came on at
Asheyille. assembled in the observatory,
the President and Mrs. Cleveland
standing most of the way on the pls'.
form. Major Melee railroad sup.rin-
tendent, called attention to points Of
interest. a dozen Of which were in
sight at one time. The remarks Of
the least poetic Of the tourists were
broken and ejaculatory. while the artist
became almost incoherent and wanted
to get off.
TIE STOP At AsHEyILLE.
OLD Fort, n. c., October 2i.-The
stop at Ashevilie. y. &. was scheduled
for only fifteen minutes, but il lasted an
Eour. nc municipal authorities and a
host Of citizens welcomed the Pre'i-
dent at the station and escorted him
and his companions to carriages and
took them through the town. The way
for hell mile was up a steep hill, and
it struck the guests as m oddlty that
Their conductors, IN calling attention to
the natural beauty Of the situation,
should refer to the locality as a valley.
Therefore North Carolina was better
understood when the summit was
reached, from which on all sides conld
be seen from ten TO fifty miles distant
the serrated tops of the Blue Ridge, the
Balsam range, the Smokes, and Black
mountains. hemming in a fertile region,
whose knobs Of five to eight hundred
feet were dwarfcd to pigmies i'll COM
paIison. The paIty's most active escort
was score Of ladies and gentlemen on
horseback, who lead the way up and
down the steep mountain roads in
gallop. The feature Of the reception
was a line formed by a thousand
mounted mountainers and country peo-
pie clad in their everyday habits. but
with brides bedecked with little flags
and equipage trimmed with eyergreens.
From Ashevillc eastward the railway
kept close company with the Swan
moan mountain. The scenery was no
less grand than that of the e.rier morn
ing A few minutes ate, noon tho
tram shot through the tunnel under
the uppermost crest of the Alleghanies
and began its descent Of the Atlantic
slope.
TIE TRAIN PASSES LYNCHBURG.
Especial telegram to the Dispatch.l
LYNcBBURG, VA, October 2l.-The
presidential train has just passed here
exactly GA tine-ll p. NJ. Five or
Six hundred I ople were at the station,
and gave him an enthusiastic welcome.
The train stopped for a moment, and
the President appeared on the rear
platform bowling and smiling. the
crowd made n rush for the platform
and swarmed all over it, reaching for
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